According to RealTemp sensor test, the first and third temp sensors are stuck at the low end meaning the sensors don't report temps lower than a certains temp on a cool down test. This seems to be quite common on 45nm Core2 Quads. Note that Core Temp 0.99.4 shows that the first and third temps are actually core 1 and core 2?

The results seem to fall in line with expectations, namely AS5 being the oldest formulation, giving the worst result, OCZ being a more recent TIM gives the middle result, and IC7, the newest TIM, gives the best. I expect that in a closed case and/or overclocking, the results would spread out more with IC7 gaining a bigger advantage.

IC7, although the best performer, is quite thick in consistency and a bit more difficult to apply (what about HDT heatsinks?). OCZ Freeze is almost as good and has a thinner consistency and is claimed by the manufacturer to remain stable. My current build is using OCZ for the last 18 months and seems very stable.

Regards.. Ed

Last edited by ednigma on Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I was going to buy it and read reviews about it here...so yes I would love to test out the ICD7 and I already bought heatsinks for the CPU, northbridge, and southbridge. I'll test the ICD7 and post results.

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